Half-brothers arrested after discovery of body RUDY (AP) — Authorities have arrested two men on suspicion of first-degree murder after the discovery of a body buried behind a home in rural Crawford County. Crawford County Sheriff Ron Brown says a cadaver dog discovered the body Monday in a shallow grave. He told the Southwest Times Record the body was buried about 8 to 10 inches in the ground behind a home in Rudy. Police arrested Nicholas Barrows, 19, and Jonathan Bridgewater, 27, who are...

Rogers police hosting community bike rides ROGERS (AP) — Police are hoping to reduce crime in Rogers by getting the public involved in community bike rides. The Rogers Police Department's bike patrols are hosting bike rides called Pedal With the Police each weekend starting July 6. The police say the program is meant to give citizens and the police a chance to build relationships in a relaxed setting and allow the public to speak with officers about community issues. The bike patrol wi...

Warrant: Man did Web search on kids dying in cars ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man charged with murder after his 22-month-old son died in a hot SUV searched online for information about kids dying in cars and told police he feared it could happen, according to documents released Saturday as the boy's family held his funeral in Alabama. The warrants released by the Cobb County Police Department provide more insight into the investigation of Cooper Harris' death on June 18. Justin Ross Harris, 33, ...

1 dead in killing in Little Rock LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Little Rock police said a 21-year-old man was shot to death. Police said Roderick Knowlton was shot to death Saturday. The call was reported about 12:15 p.m. Cassandra Davis with the Little Rock police department said detectives are still working to identify a suspect. No other details about the shooting have been released. Davis says detectives are trying to determine a motive.

Bond hearingsThe following individual appeared in felony bond hearings Friday at the Pope County Detention Center. Her name, age, anticipated charge and bond amount is listed below. If charged, she will appear July 7 in Circuit Court. • Bobby Burch, 33, forgery — $7,500. On April 25, two women used a forged check to buy gas and cigarettes at a gas station in Dover, according to a police report. The business owner and two employees who were working at the t...

Convicted killer remains on the loose PINE BLUFF (AP) — A convicted killer who walked away from a work assignment at a prison in Pine Bluff remains on the loose after six days. Arkansas Department of Correction spokeswoman Shea Wilson said Friday that 47-year-old Timothy Buffington is still at large. Wilson says Buffington was doing yard and janitorial work at a house on the prison grounds — but outside the secure area — on Saturday when he broke into the house and took a shotgun ...

Judge delays case for former officer FORT SMITH (AP) — A judge has delayed a hearing in the case of a former Arkansas police officer accused of pointing a gun at a child in eastern Oklahoma. Namaan Matthew Adcock of Muldrow, Oklahoma, is charged with feloniously pointing a firearm and a misdemeanor count of reckless conduct with a firearm. Authorities allege that Adcock threatened to shoot a 5-year-boy and pointed a weapon at deputies when they arrived at the home. Adcock was due...

Court tosses most contempt fines against lawyer LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has tossed out nine of the 10 contempt violations a judge issued to an attorney who represented a former Little Rock police officer in a manslaughter trial over the shooting death of a teenager. Justices on Thursday reversed all but one of the violations and fines that Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen levied against Bill James in last year's trial of Joshua Hastings. Prosecutors in Apri...

New sentencing hearing denied for man who killed Russellville nativeLITTLE ROCK (AP) — A death row inmate will not get a new sentencing hearing for his conviction in a 1993 killing at a Little Rock laundry, as Arkansas’ highest court rejected Thursday his argument that jurors didn’t properly consider factors such as his troubled childhood. In a 4-3 ruling, the state Supreme Court rejected the bid by Terrick Nooner to vacate his death sentence and send the case back to a lower court for resentencing. Nooner, 42...

Bond Hearings (June 25, 2014)The following individuals appeared during felony bond hearings Wednesday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed below. If charged, they will appear July 21 in Circuit Court. • Porfirio Contreras, 41, sexual assault in the fourth degree — $20,000. On June 13, a 15-year-old girl reported to Russellville Police Department (RPD) investigators she had sexual contact with Contreras on ...

Jonesboro police offer reward in fatal shooting JONESBORO (AP) — Jonesboro police are offering a reward for information in connection with a more than one-month-old shooting death. Police announced Wednesday a $3,000 reward for information leading to those involved in the shooting death of 47-year-old William Keith Gosney. Police say Gosney was found in his home on the city's west side on May 12 with several gunshot wounds. He died later at a local hospital. Police say they believe Gosney k...

Report: Conway suspect not mentally fit for trial CONWAY (AP) — A report from an Arkansas State Hospital psychologist has found that a man accused of shooting a woman in a Conway Wal-Mart is mentally unfit to stand trial. A judge had ordered the mental evaluation for Myron Terrell, 30, who is charged with attempted capital murder in the shooting that wounded a customer at the store. Authorities say Terrell was a maintenance worker at the store and he opened fire on the woman as she stood in t...

2 dead in 2 shootings in central Arkansas NORTH LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Two shootings in central Arkansas have left two men dead and one wounded. The first shooting was reported shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday in North Little Rock where police say they found 19-year-old Elijah Walker of North Little Rock lying dead in an apartment complex parking lot. The second shooting was reported just after 8:45 a.m. in Little Rock where police found two men in an apartment — both with gunshot wounds. ...

Fort Smith man sentenced for fatal hit-and-run FORT SMITH (AP) — A Fort Smith man has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in a fatal hit-and-run. The Times Record reported Jeremy William Casey, 31, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to failure to stop after an accident with injury or death and misdemeanor negligent homicide in Sebastian County Circuit Court. Casey was charged in the Dec. 8 death of Richard Cox, 48, of Fort Smith. Casey said noth...

Judge sets trial in Conway police officer's death CONWAY (AP) — A judge has scheduled a December trial for a Bald Knob man charged with battery and driving while intoxicated in a traffic wreck that killed a Conway police officer. Barry Strickland appeared in Faulkner County Circuit Court on Monday. Strickland is charged in connection with the January 2013 death of Officer William McGary, who was struck and killed while directing traffic. Faulkner County Circuit Judge Charles Clawson scheduled...

State search continues for missing prisonerPINE BLUFF — Arkansas' corrections system, which is looking for a murderer who walked away from a work detail, said Monday it isn't unusual for a killer to enjoy a special status that lets convicts perform tasks on either side of the prison fence. Timothy "Bo" Buffington, 47, disappeared Saturday night from outside the Pine Bluff Unit. Buffington was serving a 20-year sentence for first-degree murder and would have been eligible for release in...

Bond Hearings (June 23, 2014)The following individuals appeared in felony bond hearings Monday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed below. If charged, they will appear July 21 in Circuit Court. • Joseph Cessna, 29, delivery of methamphetamine or cocaine — $20,000. On March 13, a confidential informant with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) allegedly purchased nearly three grams of methamphetamine from Cessna...

Prison terms set in Fort Smith meth case FORT SMITH (AP) — The final cases from a multistate drug investigation wrapped up this week when the final three defendants were sentenced to prison terms for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. An investigation of the Gamboa drug trafficking organization led to the seizure last year of 22 pounds of a highly pure form of meth, 10 handguns, four cars, two motorcycles and $5,000 in cash. The Southwest Times Record newspaper reported Friday...